Newport Healthcare

Adolescent residential and outpatient mental healthcare

TMS Technician

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationPosted on Nov 12

Full-timeEdina, MN, USA$22 - $28 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An associate degree is required, or two years of academic or behavioral health experience.
Experience in mental health and an aptitude for learning new technologies and modalities in neurotherapeutics are required.
Certification to operate the TMS machine is required; on-the-job certification is provided.
BLS/CPR certification is required.

Responsibilities

Administer TMS treatments under the supervision of a psychiatrist, setting up equipment for each treatment, ensuring patient comfort, and monitoring patient safety.
Assist in observing, planning, intervening, and evaluating patient care in the assigned area according to organizational policies and procedures.
Learn and independently operate the TMS machine daily.
Monitor for potential safety hazards to patients and staff and report issues appropriately.
Help create a therapeutic environment and positive patient experience.
Communicate with patients by phone and computer to answer questions about the TMS process and explain expectations.
Complete documentation promptly and operate the electronic health record system, including charting, bill entry, and scheduling.
Maintain confidentiality regarding patients and families.
Keep exam rooms organized, notify the appropriate person when supplies are low, stock supplies, and monitor rooms for tidiness and cleanliness.
Perform safe infection-control practices, including hand hygiene, standard precautions, and cleaning equipment and the environment; help maintain cleanliness in patient-care areas.
Perform assigned clerical functions and other duties as directed.
Provide care sensitive to gender and cultural differences, developmental age, and patient and family diversity, while preserving autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Monitor personal expertise through ongoing self-assessments, collaborate with the team, seek timely advice, and give and accept feedback to support safe patient care.
Work under the direct supervision of the TMS physician.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree is preferred.

What You’ll Do

Psychiatric Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Technician administers TMS treatments under the supervision of Psychiatrist. The TMS Technician sets up equipment for each treatment and ensures patient comfort and monitors for safety. Also provides questionnaires to monitor physical or emotional changes and reports information to the physician.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Assists in the observation, planning, interventions, and evaluation of care to patients within the area assigned pursuant to the policies and procedures of PrairieCare.
Learns and operates TMS machine independently on a daily basis.
Ensures safety of patients and staff by constantly monitoring for potential safety hazards and reports issues appropriately.
Responsible for creating a therapeutic and healing environment that provides the best care and the best patient experience.
Communicates with patients that come from all backgrounds with kindness, humor, and relatability.
Communicates effectively with patients by phone and computer, to answer patient questions about TMS process, and explain expectations.
Completes documentation in a timely manner. Effectively operates the EHR system, including charting, bill entry, and scheduling.
Maintains confidentiality in matters related to patients and families.
Keeps the exam rooms organized by notifying the correct individual when supplies are low and stocks the supplies. Monitors the exam rooms to ensure tidiness and cleanliness.
Knowledgeable of and performs safe infection control practices including good hand hygiene, standard precautions, cleaning equipment and the environment. Monitors and helps to ensure tidiness and cleanliness in the patient care areas.
Performs other clerical functions as directed, and performs other duties as assigned.
Oriented and educated in gender, cultural differences, and in age-appropriate care for the assigned area.
Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the patient's developmental age and to the patient's and family's diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Monitors own level of expertise continuously using ongoing self-assessments. Collaborates with team, seeks timely advice, and gives and always accepts feedback to ensure safe patient care.
Works under the direct supervision of the TMS physician.

What Makes You a Great Fit

Associate degree required or 2 years academic or behavioral health experience. Bachelor's degree preferred.
Requires experience in mental health and an aptitude to learn new technologies and modalities in Neurotherapeutics.
Certification for operating the TMS machine required, on-the-job certification provided.
BLS/CPR certification required.

Compensation Range: $22-$28 per hour depending on education and experience

About the Company

Newport Healthcare

Adolescent residential and outpatient mental healthcare

Newport Academy provides residential and outpatient mental-health treatment for adolescents and young adults across the United States. It pairs evidence-based therapies such as CBT, DBT, and EMDR with experiential programs like equine therapy, art, and yoga, delivered across a treatment continuum that includes residential care, PHP, IOP, and therapeutic day schools, with billing through major insurers on a fee-for-service basis. The program emphasizes addressing root causes of high-risk behaviors and co-occurring disorders, supported by family involvement and a wide range of services. Its goal is to empower teens and restore families by helping young people achieve lasting mental wellness.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Nashville, TN
Founded: 2008

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